Device for use in the manufacture of rail-joints.



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UNITED ,STATES PATENT QF-ICE HENRY B. menons; Y es rnrnsennrnls,,es nnsrn'vnnrs. Revise-PQR USF 1N To; MMUFAQTMHEQFnewsemeof Letters Patent.

satema July l'i'` To all whom it may concern: i

Be it Iknown het I, Hnsnv B. Nronols, of Philadelphie, inthe count/y ofhdeighi and State of- Pennsylvanie, have 'invented a new and nsefnl im rovenent in Devices for, Use in iherManu acture' of Rail-Joints, of which the following is a full, clear, ondexeet description, reference being had to" the aecompenying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invenion has relation to devices for use 1n the manufacture of railway-rail joints of the type described and clamedinPeens Nos. 673,829, 717,025, and Reissue No. 12,074, and is designed to ruvido means of simple, convenient and cient character vby means of which the molten einer or other filling material may be intr need under the heads of che jointed rails.

With this object inview my invention oonsists in a device forming s combined Pouring' Vgate and dem of 'the novel construction, srrangement and combination of erts, eil substantially as hereinafter desem d, snr! onted out 1n the appended claims, reference ein had to the accom anyin drawin s in' weiepg g Fi 1 is a plan view of a. railrioint with the evices embodying my invention applied thereto' Fig. 2, a. persctive view of one of the sai devices, and ',g. 3 a, section on the line33of1lig.1.

The numerals 1 1 designate the jointed miic, and 2 2 the joint-pistes, vvlii'iili 1n eccordsnoe with the above-noted potente are so shaped and applied as (5o-leave spaces 3 between their upper nnged ends 2 and the under sides of the heads and tems of the rails for the reception of e -lli material introduced in a. molten state. ese spaces 3 being-laterally open thro hout length and che openings thereof v H underneath the heads and 11eme of the r some dion 6, which aains the edge of e i 1; ZKof the joint ate, and e lip 7', which e v underneath e seid snge 2*. In the ge portion 5 sreormed, s. vnunalzper of recesses-8 verf serve as sprnge's j or geiser confines 1: ie molten materiel! into the opening "3.' fifhe portions 6 and 7 of the device, are covered wich asbestos' clash 9 oro-ther refractory inn wml, which 'ewsll Glosse the rsi ferent parte o the device are removably ses cured to each other by means of bolts 1G, and

the covering is clamped between the parte.

it een therefore be resdil renewed at any time. When engaged wi h the in the planner shown, seid devices are self-sapporo mlg bei; thdely are referebly essi; provided s. han e 11 or convenientes in moving there from piace to lace. The devices use s sides of tg A s' icetes of each other, except as to the ex form of the portions 6 and' T, which `nro shorter on the devices used et the head side of the rails. The particulsr shape of these portions will neeesssriy ver? in this device with the particular section o rail mth which it is to oe used. With alerded or grooved tram-mil these 'parte are p and underneath sheouter surface of the guard or ove flange.

n o eration the devices are enge Ved wi the rai s ai; the ioinis in the wnin Figs. 1 and 3. f Theends of the' specesare closed with ola? or other suitable dams, and the molten spe for is then poured from isdes into the 'spruce or gates 8. The devi@ are then removed and applied to another :,omt.

By mesnsco these devices thefoini-s issy be quickiy and essii poured w1 h e. minimum Weste of the mo ten motel.

I do not wish ito be limited to the exact construction and arran ameno which I have heroinshownendd ninmey he mede in the details thereof without deporting from the spirit and scope of my in.

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said `on, and means for-su ortring` the evicrnthoreils. p? y ed to lit against IIO 2. A device for use in the manufacture of railway-rail joints, consistin of an elongated damming-piece provided Wit a yielding covering of refractory material, and formed with one or more pouring gates or sprues, and means for supporting said piece on the jointed rails:

3. A device for use in the manufacture of rail-joints, consisting of a vertical flange portion formed with rail-engaging hooks, and with one or more pouring gates or spines, a step or shoulder, portion, and en extending lip portion.

4. A device for use in the manufacture of rail-joints, consisting of a vertical flange portion formed with rail-engaging hooks, and `with one or more pouring gates or s rues,

and a step or shoulder portion, means or detachably securing said ortions to each other and a refractory yiel ing covering secured 2 between said portions.

5. The herein-described device for use in the manufacture of rail-joints, comprising an elongated damming-piece arranged to extend under the head or fiange of a rail and meet and abut the u per portion of a joint-plate, and formed wit one or more pouring gates or sprues, and sup orting arms or hooks secured to the said dimming-piece and adapted to engage the rails. 3

In' testimony whereof I have aixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY B. NICHOLS. Witnesses:

E. N. NICHOLSON, WM. D. GIIIIERKY. 

